November 29, 2016

IDEAS ON TUESDAYS 282

Each Tuesday, rather than a POSSIBLY
IRRITATING ESSAY, I'd like to both challenge you and lend a helping hand. I
generate more speculative and teen story ideas than I can ever use. My family
rolls its collective eyes when I say, "Hang on a second! I just have to
write down this idea..." Here, I'll include the initial inspiration
(quote, website, podcast, etc) and then a thought or two that came to mind.
These will simply be seeds -- plant, nurture, fertilize, chemically treat,
irradiate, test or stress them as you see fit. I only ask if you let me know if
anything comes of them.

This got me
thinking – if there are some 8000 pieces (and about as many are still
buried)…what if the mother of a teenager was working as part of an
international team and uncovered something unusual (not that a standing army of
16,000 horses, soldiers, acrobats and various and sundry other “people” isn’t
unusual enough!) What if she discovered a unique figure, say a woman that has
been knocked down and is crying out in terror, with her arm upraised as a man
draws back a spear and is obviously about to run her through…is there a curse
on this piece that comes to haunt the teen and their mom? Or is it case for a
forensic anthropologist (or would it be, more appropriately a forensic
terracottaist) and was a MURDER involved which someone commemorated? Who did
the commemorating, who was the perpetrator – and what if it had a connection to
the present?

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GUY STEWART

is a husband supporting his wife as a six+ year(!) breast cancer survivor, a father, father-in-law, grandfather, foster father, friend, writer, teacher, and school counselor who maintains a SF/YA/Childrens writing blog by the name of POSSIBLY IRRITATING ESSAYS that showcases his opinion and offers his writing up for comment. He has 55 publications to his credit including one books (1993 CSS Publishing)! He also maintains blogs for the West Suburban Summer School and GUY'S GOTTA TALK ABOUT BREAST CANCER! His Amazon page is here: http://www.amazon.com/ and type in my name!